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Sherlock co-showrunner Mark Gatiss has responded to criticism of the latest episode of Sherlock via the art of slam-dunk poetry.

The 50-year-old actor, comedian and screenwriter, who plays Mycroft in the show, has penned a poem in response to the criticism of Sherlock becoming too much like James Bond.

Critic Ralph Jones, writing for The Guardian, wrote how the debut episode of series four took ‘ill-advised liberties with Conan Doyle’s stories’ and how Sherlock’s ‘currently channelling the secret service agent whose main objective is to kill baddies’.

Mark Gatiss has written a poem in response to criticisms (Picture: Jeff Spicer/Getty Images)